Attachment for dust-pans.



- P. E. PEASLAGK. ATTACHMENT FOR DUST PANS. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5, 1913.

1,100,147. Patented June 16,1914.

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FRED E. PEASLACK, OF EUREKA, CALIFORNIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR DUST-FANS.

Application filed June 5, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED E. PEASLACK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eureka, in the county of Humboldt and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Dust-Pans: and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to attachments for dust pans.

one object of the invention is to provide an attachment adapted to be applied to a dust pan whereby the same may be manipulated and held in position for use without stooping.

Another object is to ment of this character by means of which the edge of the dust pan may be pressed down and held in firm engagement with the floor while the dust is being swept into the pan.

A further object is to provide an attachment of the character described which will be simple, strong, durable and inexpensive in construction, efficient and reliable in operation and which may be attached to dust pans now in use or already manufactured, or hereafter to be manufactured.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention cpnsists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arra-ngement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a dust pan having my attachment applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a side view thereof showing in full and dotted lines the manner in which the pan is held down in firm engagement with the floor; F 3 is a perspective view of the attachment removed from the pan; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank of which the attachment is formed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, P denotes the dust pan to which my improved holding attachment is applied and which may be of the usual or any desired construction, the same being here shown as having an ordinary handle H. by means of which the pan is lifted for throwing the contents therefrom.

My improved holding attachment is prefprovide an attach- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Serial No. 771,935.

erably stamped or cut from a sheet of metal having more or less spring or resiliency and the attachment comprises a main plate 1 ha\ 'ing on its forward end a transverse bar 2 and near its rear end a foot plate or treadle 3, which is connected to the front bar 2 by a reduced neck 4. The rear end or extremity of the foot plate or treadle 3 is in the form of areduced tongue 5 which curves upwardly at its free end to a slight extent for a purpose hereinafter described. Formed on the sides of the foot plate or treadle 3 are laterally extending upwardly projecting attaching and pan supporting arms 6 the ends of which are bent outwardly to form attaching lugs 7 which are provided with perforations 8. The bar 2 has also formed therein a series of perforations 9.

In applying the attachment to a dust pan, the bar 2 is bent at a slight angle where the same joins the neck 4 and the arms 6 are bent upwardly at suitable angles from the foot plate 3. The bar 2 is securely fastened to the lower side of the dust pan adjacent to the forward edge thereof by rivets or other suitable fastening devices which are inserted through the perforations 9 of the bar and through the bottom of the pan as shown. The lugs 7 of the arms 6 are also rigidly secured to the bottom of the pan near the inner end thereof by rivets or other suitable fastening devices which are engaged with the perforations 8 in the lugs and inserted through the bottom of the pan. WVhen the attachment is thus secured to the dust pan, the latter will be supported at an angle to the floor or other surface on which the same rests and as is shown in full lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. When it is desired to use the pan, the foot is engaged with the foot plate or treadle 3 and the latter pressed downwardly thus forcing the edge of the pan down into close engagement with the floor or other surface and firmly holding the pan at a proper angle for receiving the dust which is swept up therein in the usual manner. When it is desired to shift the pan or to move the same from place to place, this may be accomplished by engaglng a suitable part of the attachment or the pan with the foot and pushing the latter to the desired position. When the pan is thus pushed, the upwardly curved end of the tongue 5 will permit the latter to slide freely over the carpet or other surface.

NV hen applying my improved holding attachment. to a pan, the latter preferably has its bottom bent downwardly or depressed to a slight extent immediately in rear the front edge thereof to form a shallow receptacle as shown at a, for the dust or dirt which is swept up into the pan.

By means of an attachment constructed in accordance with in I invention, it will be seen that the necessity of steeping to holdthe pan while dust is being swept therein is entirely obviated, and that the pan may be firmly held at the proper angle while the person, using the same remains standing firmly on both feet.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readilyunderstood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the claimed invention.

Having thus particularly described my invention what I claim is 1. In a dust pan, a'holding comprising a pan engaging bar be secured to the bottom of the pan, a foot plate connected with said bar and pan, supporting arms connected with said footplate and adapted to be attached to the pan attachment adapted to Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,

whereby the latter proper angle.

2. In a dust pan, a holding attachment comprising an attaching bar adapted to be secured to the bottom of the pan, a foot plate having a resilient connection with said connecting bar, an upwardly curved tongue on the rear end of said foot plate and supporting arms formed on said plate and having on. their outer ends apertured lugs adapted to be secured to the bottom of the pan, whereby the latter is supported and adapted to be held down in yielding engagement with the floor.

3. In a dust. pan, a holding attachmentformed from a single sheet of spring metal and comprising an attaching bar, a foot plate, a reduced neck connecting said plate and attaching bar, an upwardly curved tongue on the rear end of said foot plate, and attachingarms formed on the side of said foot plate and extending upwardly therefrom. said arms having on their outer ends apertured attaching lugs adapted to be secured to the bottom of the pan whereby the latter is supported at the proper angle.

In'testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witis supported at the DGSSQS.

FRED E. PEASLAOK. Witnesses W. ERNEST Dronson, A. C. NOE.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). 0. 

